WEEKLY EDITION
VOL. XXVIII
J. G. RIGGS BUYS
G.P, Hi RAILWAY
TO RE MERGER WITH NEW
VOIU'ORATIOX.
IN-
NEW COMPANY IN FIELD
Portland, San Francisco and Cout
i
Railroad Organized Willi Cap.
itul Stock of $2,000,000.
That the finances are already pro
vided Tor the building of the Portland,
San Francisco Hnd Coast Railway is
the statement of J. G. Riggs, who has
returned from Portland, where the
incorporation papers of the new pro
ject were filed Monday.
The purpose of the new company,
Which is .capitalized at $2,000,000,
divided into 20,000 shares of a par
value of $100 each, is to build a line
from Marshfleld, Ore., to Trinidad
California, with connecting lines to
Grants Pass, the Illinois valley and
the copper fields of southern Oregon,
the incorporators being E. X. Chester,
Portland, representing, eastern inter
ests; 11. X. Tinker, piesidciu First
Trust company, Portland; J. u.
Riggs, Grants l ass, Oregon; iienry A.
Davie, attorney, First Trust company,
Portlaud.
Mr. Riggs says that the incorpora
tion is the outgrowth of plans that
have been under development for the
past two years, and include the main
line down the coast and the connec
tions into this territory, with ar
rangements already made for the op
eration under agreement with the S.
P. Co. The coast line, according to
the articles of incorporation will
cross the Rogue river some distance
up from the mouth, near the Illi
nois river. A branch will then be
run up the Illinois to Kerby, and on
to Grants Pass, building on the old
Southern Pacific survey. A line to
the Blue Ledge mining district runs
from Grants Pass to Seattle Bar,
As a part of the general scheme,
deeds have today been filed with the
county clerk conveying to S. H. Riggs
all the rights-of-way, trackage and
other property of the Grants Pass and
Rogue River Railroad company,
which it is understood will become
part of the new corporation, the
deeds being made from the receiver
of the defunct company to Mr. Riggs
Tuesday Mr. Riggs had men on the
ground protecting the temporary
railroad bridge built across the
Rogue from high water, cables being
run from the bridge to anchors on
shore.
Mr. Riggs said that the building of
the road was being undertaken inde
pendent of any of the other railway
corporations, though traffic arrange
ments had been entered into with the
S. P. Co., which company owns the
lines with which connection will be
made north and south. He says that
construction will commence in the
spring, and that rails for spring de
livery are already ordered.
Mr. Riggs says that the men who
are (Sacking the new company are
men of recognized standing in the
financial world, and while he did not
feel at liberty to say who they were,
he added that the announcement of
their names would give ample assur
ance that the newly Incorporated road
was sure to come to a successful is
sue. ELECTROCUTION FOR
VIRGINIA RAN HITS.
RICHMOND, Va., Jan. 15. The
supreme court of Virginia this after
noon denied a new trial to Claude
and Floyd Allen, members of the no
torious Allen clan of bandits, convict
ed of first degree murder for the part
they played in the shooting un of thoea are stopping at the, Josephine.
Hillsvllle county court house. I'n-j Messrs. Wayment and Reed bring
less the governor interferes the two some fine ore with them and are en
men will be electrocuted here Friday thuslastlc over the mining future of
morning.
I. CAMP NO. 1 MOVED
ACROSS ALLEN CREEK,
Clearing the right-of-way on the
Pacific-Interior railway is progress
ing rapidly, and camp No. 1 has
been moved across Allen creek and
the men are now working to the west
of that stream.
The engineer and those in cnarge
have been considering the advisabil
ity of Jetting a contract to local par
ties for the clearing of a three-mile
stretch of the right-of-way, and bids
were asked for that work. Saturday
afternoon twelve separate bids had
been filed with the engineer's office,
all from local people. The clearing
covered in this contract will be that
extending to Jerome prairie, a point
6 1-2 miles from this city. To Allen
creek the right-of-way has been
cleared the full one hundred feet in
width, but from there on the clear
ing will be only of such width as will
be necessary to the making of the
grades and the moving of dirt in-the
cuts and fills.
From the city out across Jerome
prairie very little grading will be
necessary, there being no cuts of
depth. The engineering department
Is therefore contemplating the let
ting of a great number of Individual
contracts, each of a few hundred feet
only, to individuals nt a stated
price per yard of earth moved. Much
of this grading is shovel work, and
by taking a contract in this way men
can work as hard as they please and
know that they are being paid ac
cording to the effort they .put forth.
By this method more men could be
put on the Job at once.
The newly appointed Public Util
ities commission has met and or
ganized, Jos. Moss being named as
vice chairman to act in the absence
of the mayor, who is permanent
chairman of the body. Saturday the
board of directors of the Pacific-Interior
met with the commission, and
plans were discussed for the turn
ing over to the city of the property
now held by the directors. This In
cludes the Draper-Gunn terminals
and the right-of-way and the notes,
documents, etc., that go with it.
The city is now advertising the
$200,000 bond issue for sale, and
asks that the bids cover all or any
part of the issue. Transcripts have
been prepared to go to each bidder
and be must base his bid upon this,
putting up one-eighth of the amount
of the bid as a guarantee that he
will complete the purchase within
five days after the acceptance of the
bid by the council. This precaution
is taken to prevent the delay that
was occasioned by the methods em
ployed at the time of the sale of
bonds a year ago, and is to make the
bond money available at the earliest
possible moment.
Hospital Rusy
Mrs. J. Christie, who was operated
on by Drs. Ixiughridge and Strieker
at the South Pacific hospital on the
4th of January, Is making satisfac
tory recovery. Mrs. Christie was op
erated on in Portland for the same
trouble two years ago but the opera
tion had to be repeated. On Sun
day a heavy operation was performed
on Mrs. C. II. Gilman; and on Mon
day Mrs. Lem Trask was operated on
for tumor; and on Tuesday, Dr.
Findley operated on C. A. Learned,
of Medford, for diverging strabiscus.
On Thursday Miss Winnie Osborne
of Murphy was operated on for ap
pendicitis. All the patients are mak
ing satisfactory recovery.
Inland Excursionist He
A special train bearing 220 excur
sionists from the Inland Empire to
southern California points passed
through the city Thursday noon. A
short stop was made here, and repre
sentatives of the commercial dub
were at the depot to present the
northerners w ith a couple of boxes of
Rogue River Newtown apples. There
were also a number of one-time res
idents of eastern Washington at the
depot to greet friends who were
among the excursionists.
S. J. Wayment and J. W. Reed,
who have been working a rich claim
.near Galir-e for the past several
this country.
GRANTS PASS JOSEPHINE COIXTV,
HAMMOND C. KINNEY, PIONEER OF
GRANTS PASS, DIEO TUESDAY, JAN. 14
Passing of One of the Foremost Citizens of South
em Oregon Is Mourned by the
Entire Community.
Hammond C. Kinney, for 28 years
the foremost citizen of Grants Pass,
Its leader in enterprise and in com
mercial activity, kind of heart, gen
tle of disposition, beloved of all our
people, has passed away.
That word passed on the street
Just before noon on Tuesday, Janu
ary 14th, has caused an entire city
to bow Its head in mourning, regret
In the loss of a citizen, sorrow in the
final departure of the true friend,
philanthropist and Christian gentle
man. Early in December It was announc
ed that Mr. Kinney was stricken with
disease. In the hope that change of
climate would prove beneficial he
went to California, but neither the
climatic change nor the best of med
ical attention was availing, and he
returned to Grants Pass almost Im
mediately, arriving here on January
"
I
HAMMOND C.
Horn in yueflMT, Ontario, February
January
2nd, since which date he had failed
daily in strength. Specialists were
called in, and while it seemed to be
agreed that the liver was the scat of
the ailment, no definite diagnosis was
announced, and the strength of the
patient was waning too fast for the
contemplated operation.
The public was warned that nature
could likely not rally, and while we
were in a measure prepared for the
annoiinceinent'that has now come, it
has nevertheless proved a shock to
all.
Hammond C. Kinney was a native
of Quebec, Ontario, where he was
born February 26th, 1850, though as
a child he removed with his parents
to Orleans county, Vermont, and his
earliest recollections were of farm
life in the Green Mountain state. His
father, Hammond Kinney Sr., was a
native of Vermont, and had lived in
the state except for a brief time spent
in Potten, Quebec, during which per
iod the son was born. As a boy,
young Kinney followed the unevent
ful life of the county boy, attending
the district school, and when old
enough to go for himself was em-
ployed by the Fairbanks Srale Co.. of tor, was also prominent In musl
St. Johnsbury, Vermont, with which ra' circles throughout the city, and
firm he remained for twelve years. ,lel(l the position of president of the
On reniovinit to the west. Mr. Kin-!
r.ey located at Rathdrum, Idaho,
where he gained his first experience
In the saw mill industry, coming to
Grants Pass in March, 1885, and
comlne Intoronted nf nnrn In tho Inm-i"'8
bering and milling enterprise of this;"'"00' ,,oaru' In ine tommi-mai run,
locality. He became associated hereiand 1b a11 other rIvlc organizations
with H. B. Miller, and organized thCj1"' f"r tn"lr 'ri the lromo
Sugar Pine Door & Lumber com-j (Continued on page eight.)
fHLiV L'Plllll' ltVIl .!
ruiii.ii, i.i.ii.lltl . iwi.l. ...
pany, erecting the plant for that in
stitution in the fall of 1 8S5.
The following year the box factory
was built. At the same time they
started a general merchandise busl
ness at the corner of Sixth and
F streets. In 1S89 and again in
1902. disaster visited the firm, fire
destroying the mill, but It was nt
once rebuilt in each instance, Mr
Kinney having been as undaunted in
his courage as he was stable In his
Judgment.
In KS90 the Sugar Pine store
building was erected at the corner
of Sixth and F streets, Mr. Kinney
being the president of the company
at that time. A year later the store
wns purchased by Messrs Kinney
and Truax, in whoso proprietorship it
remained till the Ume of Mr. Kin
ncy's death.
The factory in this city of which
Mr. Kinney was In management be
came the loading Industry of the lo-
M.WEV.
11(1, IH.IO. Died at Grunts Pass, Ore.,
1 1, 1013.
cality, filling a large place in the
commercial llfo of southern Oregon,
and at one time it consumed the pro
duct of three mills built by the com
pany in Josephine, as well as the pro
duct of other mills within the plant.
Mr. Kinney was also at one time as
sociated with lumbering interests at
Hilt, Cal.
He was one of the organizers of
the First National Bank of Southern
oregon, and continued a director of
that Institution to the time of his
t'eath.
If Mr. Kinney was a lender In the
business affairs of tho growing com
munity, so also was he a leader in
the social and tho political life as
well. He assisted In the organization
of the Bethany Presbyterian church
in IS 87, and was the secretary of
the first Sunday school organized by
that society. In 188S he united with
the church in the organization of
which he had taken part, and during
all the remainder of these years he
wag foremost in tho work of the
church and In advancing the cause of
humanity, A member of the church
chior, and for over 20 years Its dlrec-
.iusic kauu miring me past
year.
Three tprnig he had served upon
the city council, and In 1908 he was
be-'mayor of tho rltv-
,lutv 88 8
He had also done
member of the
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WM. F. PETT1TT HEI.lt
FOR CROME OF INCEST.
Wm. F. Pettitt. a citizen of Merlin,
languishes in the county Jail in this
city with one of the most heinous
crimes In the calendar hanging over
his head, his daughter Julia, a miss
of seventeen years, being the one
against whom an incestuous father
is alleged to have sinned.
Pettltt's wife Is an Invalid, help
less from an attack of paralysis and
from other diseases which she says
were superinduced by neglect and
abuse heaped upon her by the man
who had promised to "love, honor
and protect'" till death should sever
the' bond.
Conditions became so bad for this
wife, and for the daughter who was
the Issue of tho marriage, that three
months ago the county authorities
took notice, and the suffering wo
man was sent to the County Home In
Grants Pnss, the daughter coming
with her to assist In her care. The
daughter had been neglected through
her unfortunate life surroundings,
and In her backward mentality can
not be held responsible for nil the
wickedness that the father Is said to
have visited upon her.
The day before Christmas when
all the world Is supposed to be filled
with the spirit of love and of kind
ness and of good will toward men,
Pettitt, tho husband and father,
came to the county court and asked
that he bo permitted to go to the
County Homo and spend the one day
that Is hallowed above all other days
by a Christian people, In tho company
of his family. Of course his request
was granted. It was natural and It
was right, and tho court could not
read the Inner man.
At the Homo the Pettltts, mother
and daughter, occupied a room on the
upper floor, the daughter occupying
(lie bed and tho helpless mother the
other. Here Pettitt remained over
Christmas, both Christmas eve nnd
Christmas night being passed there,
and during this time It is charged
that the crime of Incest was commit
ted. Tho superintendent of the II :;n
became suspicious that all was not
rU:ht, nnd Investigation resulted in
omplalnt being made, and PeiilU
vat placed under arrest Fridu;,' ev
ening and lodged In tho county .'.al!.
The bedridden tnother niiiilts
knowledge of tho father's unnatural
lime, and the girl says Hint It bad
ontinued during the residence at
Merlin, but that both the mother
and tho (laughter feared the father's
wrath If they made tho situation
public.
Prosecuting Attorney Kelly will
ome here Monday, nnd will at once
make a thorough investigation and
take necessary proceedings. Mean
time Pettitt Is being held In the coun
ty Jail.
Petti Is a man about 50 years of
age, and has worked off and on at
day labor In the Morlin neighbor
hood. Under tho Oregon statutes
the crime with which ho stands
barged Is punishable by imprison
ment In tho penitentiary for from
one to three. years, or In the county
all from three months to one year,
and a fine of from $200 t0 $1000,
The Juvenile court will probably nt
once consider the case of the unfor
tunate girl.
PROSKti'TOR EDDY RESIfJXS.
IJS ANGELES, Jan. 16. The
resignation of City Prosecutor Guy
ddio, recently acquitted of a charge
of contributing to the delinquency of
Mrs. Alice Phelps, a minor, ' Is In
the hands of Mayor Alexander today.
Necessity of recouping his re
sources, which were dissipated dur
ing his trial. Is given as a reason or
resigning. Eddio was suspended by
tho mayor pending the result of his
trial.
it. HYDE AGAIN
FACES Ml RDI.lt TRIAL.
KANSA3 CITY, Jan. 1 The I
third trial of Dr. B. C. Hyde for tlio I TorKoron. under the alias of St.
alleged murder of Col. Thomas I f'lnlr, served 28 months In the penl
Swopo, millionaire uncle of Mrs. tf-ntiary nt Folsom for burglary. Pro-
Hyde, started here today. The de-1
iifo attorneys tried hard to secure ! border. After bis release from prls
postpononient, but failed. It Is tin-10"' Torgerson got employment In'a
derstood that Senator Reed will Jolnl"" rnmn at Vlna- nn(1 tnpre lcl1 ,n
the prosecution Saturday. I (Continued "on Page P Five.)
.yu. iui
CHIEF OF POLICE
CLAIMS PRIZE MONEY IV P. O.
Rl RGLAIt CAPTURE.
600 DOLLARS FOR CATCH
Torgerson, Allan Allison, Confesses
to RiiblMricti, and is Wanted in
Callforuln for Murder.
Some $600 of rewards will fol
low the capture of the burglar who
raided the postofllces of tho Rogue
River valley, and Chief McLane of
this city has mado claim for (the
prize money. It was through the
activity of Chief McLaue thnt the
robber was first located In this city
nere ho was registered as J. Allison
at the Josephine hotel. McLaue then
followed Hio case, and becoming sat
isfied that ho had the hunted man
spotted, he notified tho officers at
Roseburg when AIUboii and his sup
posed family went to that city, and It
was through this trip that the man
was finally nrrested.
Notwithstanding that Grants Pubs
and tho Rogue valley were filled with
railroad and postofflce detectives,
none had suspected the right party
till McLano saw tho woman exchang
ing the 775 pennies nt tho Josephine
County Bnnk. Following this clue
he obtained the evidence that finally
led to the capture.
At Roseburg Allison, or TorgurBon,
as the man's right name Is now
known to be, huH confessed tho rob
beries charged against him, Includ
ing also tho robbery of the Tracy
Jewelry store In this city, The most
of tho plunder from the latter place
was found in tho room which he oc
cupied In tho hotel at Roseburg,
though ho admits having thrown
away tho three watch rases that
were found here In tho east part of
tho city. Tho woman and the two
children who were supposed to bo
TorgorBon's family are the wife and
children of Arlhlo Dlotz of Vina,
Cal., at which place Torgerson Is
wanted for the crlmo of murder.
Tho Roseburg Review has the fol
lowing details following the arrest
of Torgerson in that city:
"Torgerson wns arraigned before
City Recorder Carl Wlmberly Mon
day night nnd waived examination.
He was held to the federal grand Jury
on n charge of postofflce burglary
under bonds of $10,000. It Is ex
pected, however, that tho federal au
thorities will ultimately turn Tor
gerson over to tho civil authorities at
Red Bluff to face the charge that
may send him to the gallows.
"In his cell at tho city Jail Tor
gerson talked freely of hts Oregon
crimes to Marshal Fenton, Postal In
spector 8. H. Morse and Detective P.
K. Kelly, the three men responsible
for his rapture. Then ho was taken
to the studio of a photographer and
"mugged." Incidentally, ho was giv
en a searching physical examination
and found to correspond to the last
detail to the description of the man
wanted in California for murder. Tho
subject of the California crlmo was
not broached to the prisoner, who re
marked glibly that his actual career
of crime began with his robbery of
tho Medford postofflce on December
27, 1912. Torgerson declared that
all of his Jobs In Oregon yielded him
not more than enough money to pay
the traveling expenses of his "wife,"
as he referred to her and "his two
children," as he further prevaricat
ed. Record ft Rul One.
"Tho circular sent from the sher-
lfr " at Red Bluff recites that
v'f),"',y hfl wns employed as a sheep
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